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| TSMC annual sales falls 11% |
1/11/2010 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has posted its consolidated and unconsolidated sales figures for December 2009 and for the whole year
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| Intel launch its own App store |
1/11/2010 |
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Intel has launched an online store offering applications for netbook computers at the online site, www.intelappup.com
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| Acer unveils 3D-HD TV for gamers |
1/11/2010 |
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Acer has launched a full HD 3D Vision-ready 1080p monitor, the GD245HQ/GD235HZ for 3D gaming, videos and other home entertainment uses.
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| Tablet is the buzz word for 2010 |
1/8/2010 |
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Apple's purported January 27 introduction of its long-awaited tablet computer has the competition coming out of the woodwork. Microsoft's Steve Ballmer is set to introduce a slate from Hewlett-Packard at Microsoft's keynote address at CES.
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| Rush of tablet PC can create tight supply chain |
1/8/2010 |
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In the interview last year, Freescale's Burchers said that while the first generations of so-called smartbooks utilized a clam-shell form factor, he expected many of the products that hit stores in 2010 would "morph into tablets." The tablet form factor with a touch screen is seen as desirable, appealing to younger users, because it encourages mobile use.
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| Nvidia introduce Tegra 2 netbook processor at CES |
1/8/2010 |
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The Tegra 2 includes a dual-core Cortex-A9 CPU core within a tally of eight independent processors and offers ten times the performance of the average smartphone while consuming 500-mW, according to an online transcript of a press conference held in Las Vegas, at the Consumer Electronics Show.
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| German smart credit card hit bug on New Year |
1/8/2010 |
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The German Savings Banks and Giro Association (DSGV) has issued a statement (in German) outlining that the problem hit as German card users tried to conduct transactions in the New Year. According to DSGV some 20 million ATM cards and 3.5 million credit cards are affected.
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| HB-LED mechanism remains little known |
1/7/2010 |
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The question of aging, reliability, and lifetime for LEDs is not a simple one: High-power LEDs have not been in existence long enough to have life-testing numbers. A common number for LED life is 50,000 hours, or almost six years, which is longer than the most recently introduced high-power LEDs and their packages have existed. But how useful is it to know that an LED has a 50,000-hour lifetime if a manufacturer measured that lifetime in an environment that differs from the one in which your application must operate
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| Abu Dhabi eyes on UMC |
1/7/2010 |
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After buying Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Abu Dhabi's Advanced Technology Investment Co. (ATIC) is now looking at buying a stake in Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC)., according to reports.
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| Singapore EDB invested in printable solar ink |
1/6/2010 |
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Innovalight's silicon ink and processing technologies allow crystalline silicon solar cell manufacturers to boost output capacity, solar cell performance and reduce costs with the addition of a process step on already installed manufacturing lines.
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| ARM processor goes quad core |
1/6/2010 |
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Marvell's quadcore implementation can operate at above 1-GHz clock frequency and is designed for "high volume gaming applications" and other mass consumer applications. The quadcore is based on the same CPU architecture as the Armada 500 and 600 processors.
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| Rumor of United Arab to invest in Hynix |
1/6/2010 |
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According to the report, the UAE could buy all or part of Hynix. Amid an upturn in business, Hynix remains in a holding pattern in regards to gaining a new majority shareholder.
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| Samsung teams with Realtek to bring 3D TV |
1/5/2010 |
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The RealD Format is a version of a side-by-side 3-D format that uses filters and other technology that multiplexes a left eye and right eye 3-D image stream into a single channel for delivery of high-definition 3-D content using today's HD infrastructure to any 3D-enabled display type.
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| Freescale Tablet PC bases on ARM8 |
1/5/2010 |
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It will "provide instant-on functionality, persistent connectivity and all-day battery life." The tablet that the chipmaker will show at CES will run both the Android and Linux operating systems.
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| DRAM and Foundries to increase capex spending |
1/5/2010 |
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After shutting down capacity during a brutal year in 2009, memory makers will open their wallets in 2010, accounting for 42 percent of chip industry capital spending, according to C.J. Muse, an analyst at Barclays Capital. By comparison, memory companies accounted for 38 percent of industry capital spending in 2009 after a peak of 63 percent in 2007.
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| Google to announce Nexus One phone today |
1/5/2010 |
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The Web search giant has scheduled a news conference for this morning at its headquarters in Mountain View. News reports indicate the company will use the event to unveil a phone dubbed the Nexus One, which will run the latest version of Google's Android operating system.
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| LED backlit to overtake CF |
1/4/2010 |
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LED backlighting represents a huge opportunity in a market segment already brimming with potential. LEDs also help to differentiate products from others on store shelves. This will be even more important as the LCD-TV market begins to saturate and the replacement cycle occurring in the United States and elsewhere nears its conclusion.
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| Increased PC shipment will keep DRAM vigorious |
1/4/2010 |
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DRAM will likely face serious shortage in 2H10 triggered by the hot PC sales and PC OEMs may pull up the inventory level to handle the shortage for 2H10. This situation will result in the warming up effect for slow season in Q2 2010. DRAM price decline will likely be eased in Q2 2010. That is, DRAM vendors will have great opportunity to remain profitable for the whole year.”
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| ST and Sharp joined Enel in European PV manufacturing |
1/4/2010 |
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This agreement follows the Memorandum of Understanding signed in May 2008 by Enel Green Power and Sharp in a view to set up solar power plants across Italy. Sharp was then trying to expand its clean energy business and reduce production costs. ST has joined this strategic partnership.
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| Apple keeps audience guessing |
1/4/2010 |
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It may be time to step back and realize that Apple may uncork a product so surprising that the company again leaves the tech industry scrambling to catch up to its products' smooth operation and sleek design.
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